I Want To Read Feedback From My Readers - At The Three Month Mark Of Starting My Blog

I started this blog on May 14th and have been writing daily posts for just over three months now. I truly am enjoying blogging about Dan + Shay, my favorite country music duo every day. In the last month, I have been trying to do a mix of shorter and longer posts to keep things interesting. I have also been doing a mix of posts, from breaking down Dan + Shay songs and their music videos to posting my social media trivia questions, breaking down their talk show and award show performances, and posting about their short content videos from YouTube. I also have done my monthly fan spotlight pieces and my trips down memory lane with the duo.

I want to hear from my readers! I have a list of questions so I can improve your reading experience and also improve my blog. I would truly appreciate your answers and feedback. Please leave a comment below and put a number before each of your answers.

1) What type of posts that I listed above do you enjoy reading the most? What other types of posts do you want to see that I have not done yet? What type of posts do you not like?  

2) For those of you who follow my Facebook and Instagram pages, do you enjoy the weekly content I do on there (Music Monday, Trivia Tuesday, Welcome Wednesday, Throwback Thursday, Flashback Friday)? Do you feel like it is easy to participate in each activity, especially the Monday-Wednesday ones that require some sort of participation?

3) Is it easy for you to find my blog? I include a link to each of my blog posts in a Facebook post every day. I also post a picture related to the post on my Instagram account and the link to my blog is in my bio. Do you find it easy to navigate to my bio to get to my blog and the most recent post?

-As a friendly reminder, I invite you to follow my Facebook and Instagram pages if you have not already.

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4) When I post my social media trivia question on my blog each week or any posts where I ask for participation, is it easy for you to navigate to the comment section to post your answers? If it is difficult, WHAT specifically makes it difficult? I want to know so I can make it easier for you to participate!

I truly appreciate all of my readers and social media followers being here and I cannot wait to read your feedback and implement it into my blog and posts moving forward! 

Where Does Happiness Live In Your Daily Life?

Video courtesy of Dan + Shay’s YouTube channel    from 07/23/2024

Dan + Shay’s latest number one song “Bigger Houses” is about appreciating what you have and not taking them for granted. Stay tuned for a future post where I break down the parts of the song as well as one about the music video!

In the chorus, there is a line that says “the thing about happiness I found is It don’t live in bigger houses.” 

For me, happiness lives in smiling daily when I listen to Dan + Shay’s music on repeat. It also lives in attending their incredible live shows when I can. I have been incredibly lucky to see them live in concert six times so far and I hope the seventh time will happen soon!

Outside of Dan + Shay and country music, happiness lives in watching my favorite television shows. In the last year, I have dived into the popular 2000’s show “Gilmore Girls” and I am currently rewatching it for the fourth time! Through that show, I have become a huge fan of Lauren Graham who plays Lorelai Gilmore, one of the main characters on the show. I have watched all of the shows she has had big roles on and I have read three out of four of the books (so far) that she has written.

Finally, happiness lives in spending time with my family and friends every month! I do not know where I would be without any of them! 

Where does happiness live for YOU in your daily life? I want to know! Feel free to leave a comment at the bottom of this post with your lists of things that bring you happiness every day and I will make sure to reply with a response this week! 

Happy Birthday To Dan Smyers of Dan + Shay!

Happy Birthday to Dan Smyers of Dan + Shay who turns 38 today! From donating money to animal rescues and adoption centers, to rescuing his own dogs who were in terrible situations with his wife Abby, interacting with his fans in person and on social media over the years, including giving them meet + greets before shows, and everything in between, the duo's harmonist and producer has a big heart. He has done a lot for me as a fan and I could not be more grateful for his caring, generous, humble, kind heart over the last 11 years and counting!

Abby Smyers posted a tribute to her husband on Instagram today. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY DANIEL!!! 🎉❤️🎂, she started. “ You are the light of my life and I love you infinitely.” Abby posted some pictures and a video of her husband, including a cute picture of the couple with their dogs Chief, Ghost, Joy, and Mac.

Dan, here's to another trip around the sun! I cannot wait to see all of the wonderful things that are ahead for you in the next year, including hearing what I know will be incredible new music and hopefully attending another Dan + Shay concert!

Below is a screenshot of picture two from Abby's Instagram post as well as my two meet + greet pictures with Dan + Shay!

Screenshot courtesy of Abby Smyers' 08/16/2025 Instagram post

Dan + Shay Throw Unexpected, but Funny Twist in Christmas Wrapping Paper Photoshoot Challenge In Video

 Last year there was a viral Christmas wrapping paper photoshoot with dogs on social media. Owners taped a large piece of wrapping paper between an open doorway and their dogs attempted to make a hole in the middle by planting their faces through it so they could be photographed. 

Dan + Shay decided to take on the challenge with Dan Smyers and his wife Abby Smyers' dogs in a social media and YouTube video. However, their attempt failed in the best and funniest way possible! Smyers tapes up the wrapping paper between the open door frame. The couples dogs Chief, Joy, Mac, and Ghost are seen leaving the scene immediately, and the next think you know, Shay Mooney comes in and plants his face through the wrapping paper. With an exuberant and huge grin on his face, the lead vocalist of the duo starts singing lyrics from the duo's original Christmas song "It's Officially Christmas" and then the clip ends.

I have said it before and I will continue to say it: Dan + Shay come up with the most creative, funny, light-hearted, and positive content to post on social media. Stay tuned for more previous and future videos in my upcoming posts!

Enjoy the :12 video below of the duo attempting the challenge!

My Dan + Shay Trivia Questions From 08/12/2025

Below are the Dan + Shay trivia questions that I posted on my social media pages on July 22! Whether you participated in the polls on my blog Facebook and/or Instagram pages or not, please feel free to write in the comments of this post what you think the answers are! To give everyone plenty of time, I will update this post in one week with the correct answers! I will be excited to see what everyone's responses are! Happy guessing!

Picture courtesy of bass player's Instagram account

Question 1: What is Dan + Shay's bass player's name in the picture above?

Possible Answer #1: Dustin Hook

Possible Answer #2: Andrew Cook

Possible Answer #3: Izaac Burkhardt

Picture courtesy of Shay Mooney's Instagram account

Question 2: Shay's second oldest son in the picture above is named. . . 

Possible Answer #1: Alexander

Possible Answer #2: Adam

Possible Answer #3: Aubrey

Question 3: Fill in the correct lyric from Dan + Shay's song "From The Ground Up":

Possible Answer #1: Story

Possible Answer #2: Portrait

Possible Answer #3: Picture

Dan + Shay 2015 Tour Highlight Video Features Footage From Grand Rapids, Michigan Show

After their Just The Right Kind of Crazy Tour had ended, Dan + Shay posted the "Nothin Like You (Live)" video to their YouTube channel and social media pages. According to information at the bottom of the YouTube video, the footage in this clip was taken by Rob Norris and Taylor Bray added the live audio. The video is set to live audio of "Nothin' Like You" from the tour and highlights from the venues they played, including a few shots from their sold out show that I attended at The Intersection in Grand Rapids, Michigan on October 18, 2015.

To start the video at the :19 mark, there is footage of fans lined up outside in downtown Grand Rapids near the venue waiting to get in. Next, at the 1:30 mark, you can see The Intersection crowd with Dan Smyers at the front getting ready to crowd surf! I happened to make it into this video. My face is in the red circle in the screenshot at the bottom of this post! The 1:38 mark features Smyers laying on his back making his way from the front to the back of the venue. I was in the second row with my friend and I remember when he started crowd surfing, he was directly over us! That was such a cool and surreal moment that I will never forget! There is more footage of Smyers crowd surfing at the 1:50 mark and I found myself again! Finally at the 2:38 section toward the end of the clip, Shay Mooney is seen being lifted back onto the stage.

This was the only concert on this tour that the duo crowd surfed. When their set started, Smyers mentioned from the stage that they wanted to do something to celebrate "Nothin" Like You" climbing the country radio chart. The producer announced that he and Mooney would crowd surf later in their set. Somehow I missed that announcement early on, so it was a huge surprise to me when they came into the audience and everyone had to use their hands to move them to the back of the venue and then back to the front again.

My friend and I had a VIP package for this concert, which included early access to the venue so we could be near the stage. We ended up standing in the second row! We also got to take a picture with the duo prior to the show starting.

Below is the screenshot of me from the video. Directly underneath that is my meet + greet picture that was taken before the concert! The YouTube video is beneath the pictures. Enjoy!

Screenshot courtesy of "Nothin Like You (Live)" video on Dan + Shay's YouTube channel

 

Meet + Greet Photo By Rob Norris at The Intersection on 10/18/2015

                          "Nothin' Like You (Live)" video courtesy of Dan + Shay's YouTube channel

Dan + Shay Added to Help Save Lives on Stand Up To Cancer TV Special Airing August 15, 2025

Over the last decade, Dan + Shay have worked with different organizations to raise awareness about animal fostering, rescue, and adoption. The duo have also partnered with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital where they have performed for the childhood cancer patients, participated in radio fundraising efforts for the organization by performing their songs and covers, to name a couple of events. From my experience following Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney over the year, they have the biggest hearts and love to give back whenever and wherever they can. Stay tuned for future posts where I break down each time they worked with a charity over the years.

According to an August 6, 2025 press release on The Stand Up To Cancer official website, Smyers and  Mooney have been added to the television lineup to perform a song alongside fellow country artists Jelly Roll, Jon Pardi, and pop group The Jonas Brothers, to name a few. They will help raise money for Stand Up To Cancer, which was co-founded by journalist Katie Couric, according to the press release.

The TV special will air across several channels, including on the four major networks, ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX, as well as streaming platforms STARZ and tubi, Video On Demand, and through the iHeart radio app starting at 8/7c.

Stay tuned for a post this weekend when I break down the duo's performance on the broadcast.

Reference:

https://news.standuptocancer.org/press/jelly-roll-jonas-brothers-cece-winans-dan-shay-and-more-unite-in-nashville-for-stand-up-to-cancers-fundraising-special/